Altered Steampunk Shadow Box

Altered Fairy House

 

Hello,

This is a fairy house I made while doing some mixed media projects.

I used papers to decorate the insides and added lace in the edges. A lot of the embellishments came from a craftbox box.

I added fairy charms, stars, butterflies, little bottles of fairy dust, letter tiles, fairy and unicorn figures and an mdf fairy door.

 

Challenges:

Love to craft challenge: anything goes 

Creative artiste mixed media:anything goes

Not just cards: anything goes

TTCRD: anything goes

Tilda Sewing Shadow Box

 

Hello,

It's been over a week since I posted anything, I was so busy watching the tennis last week and then this week have been busy with some projects that I haven't had a lot of time.

Anyway, today I'm showing one of my projects, a pretty vintage sewing shadow box. 

I bought this one from crafters companion and decorated using Tilda design papers and paper embellishments. I also lined the edges with lace.

 

This is the bottom of the shadow box, filled with bobbins, buttons, wooden mini pegs and paper embellishments. 

I also added two metal corners.

In the centre, I used one of the Tilda dolls, more buttons, bobbins, a coat hanger charm and some scramble tiles. I also added some die cut flowers from the paper pad.

 

This is the top were I added a bunch of embellishments along with a crochet heart. There's more charms up here including a thimble and sewing machine.

Challenges:

4 crafty chicks: charmed life

World wide open design team challenge: anything goes 

Classic design team open challenge: anything goes 

As you like it: favourite ribbons or buttons and why?

I love using buttons as they make a great embellishment.

Creative artiste challenge: anything mixed media 

Altered eclectics: anything goes

Through the Craftroom door web challenge: Mixed Media

Hello!

Just a quick post to share this canvas, something completely different for me, and to tell you to join us at Through the craft room door for the march/April web challenge.

This will feature in the next magazine due March 4th, so I hope you come and join in. To subscribe to the magazine, check here.

 To find out the supplies, check the magazine in March.

Wedding Box

Hello,

Today i have a special project to share. This week i decided to make a wedding memories box. It isn't my first wedding memories box, my older ones featured a Tilda image, but for this square version i decided to use my new stamping bella stamp, Brett and Brenda get married.

I decided to make this box so that the wedding couple could keep little mementos of their special day inside, whether thats little bits of confetti, ribbon from around the bouquet or just photographs. 

I decorated the box with Crafts and you My Wedding papers which i distressed slightly around the edges.

I stamped my image on super smooth card, distressed the edges and coloured with promarkers.

I embellished the box with pearl stems, roses, hydrangeas, heart shaped pearls and some pearls swirls.

This is the lid of the box.

Creative Inspirations: Shape it up!

Hello!

It's time for a new challenge over at Creative Inspirations and this fortnight our theme is......

SHAPE IT UP!

No square cards or projects allowed.

For this challenge, i created a rectangular mixed media canvas.

I used DCWV papers and created petals and leaves and added them altogether to create the flower. I added a stem to the twine painted canvas and a quote, which i stamped onto matching pieces of paper.

Dog treats and Recipe Book

Hello,

Today i have 3 posts, yes, 3 to share so if you are expecting my HouseMouse365 card, it will be on a little later this afternoon.

My first project i have to share is this. Anyone who has visited me on Pinterest will know most of my boards are craft related, but i do have one called Doggy Treats, filled with recipes for homemade dog food and dog treats and lists of good and bad food for dogs. So, instead of having to keep visiting my boards to see a recipe, i have created this book to save them all in.

I found this image again, by Lili of the valley, after forgetting about it and coloured it using promarkers.

The papers are Nitwit collections Coffee Talk, all matted on white. I die cut some of my Memory box alphabet to create the title and stuck with glossy accents.

The book itself came bare from Hobbycraft.

Id like to enter this into:

Passion for promarkers: 4 legged friends

Creative Inspirations: Festive Fun

Hello,

It's time for a new challenge over at Creative Inspirations and this weeks challenge is...

FESTIVE FUN

For my creation this week, i decided to make a mixed media christmas canvas. I've been making canvases for the past few months but this is the first christmas one.

I painted a flat canvas with natural twine, then created a snowflake stencil and sponged around it in white to get the background.

To create the tree, i used panels of christmas papers from Basic Greys 25th &Pine collection, stuck with Modge podge gloss.

To embellish the tree i added small blue beads and rainbow sequins and for the tree topper, a large poinsettia. 

I finished with a printed sentiment ' o christmas tree' 

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Strong, Positive and Beautiful Canvas

Hello,

It's been a few weeks since i last posted anything so i thought i would share my latest canvas.

This one is Strong, Positive and Beautiful.

The paper's are from DCWV's The Butterfly Garden collection.

This Prima doll is Olive, i have only used the body, head and top, then i painted my own hair using acrylics.

I used the strips technique to create the dress.

The words came from a Tim Holtz book.

The pretty butterfly embellishments came from a craft fair.

Be your.... Canvas

Hello,

Today i have another mixed media canvas to show.

This one uses 6 Julie Nutting doll stamps, my main focus being Olive.

The other's are listed below.

My background is a simple white canvas with sponged blue and pink as shown in the Julie Niutting Collage Couture book.

For the dress, i used Craft Asylum candy papers. I added flowers, pearls and some Tim Holtz stickers for the sentiment.

Items Used:

Julie Nutting doll stamps by Prima

Megan, Dita , Doll in peasant dress , Olive, Natalie and Betty.

Flat backed canvas panels

London fog memento ink

Craft Asylum Candy papers

Watercolour paper and aquamarkers { For Olive's skin and hair }

Tim holtz word stickers

Flowers

Pearls

Modge Podge

Light blue, pink and white acrylic paint

Fine line black pen

Mixed Media Canvas

Hello,

Today i have something new to share. In the past few day's i have been trying out some mixed media canvases using the Prima Julie Nutting dolls.

This one is my first attempt. 

I created it using a flatback canvas panel, and painted the edges in pink.

I used the paper collage technique, these papers are from the Dear Lizzy collection by American crafts.

I used Doll with ruffle dress, and painted the hair.

I drew the flowers onto the canvas.

I'll have more to share soon, including a notebook and another canvas in pink, blue and grey......